Things are certainly heating up at the CA/Browser with exciting proposals surrounding inclusion of the Wi Fi Alliance (WFA) as a subjectAltName otherName, new validation methods…
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Posts by author Jeremy Rowley
The policy change goes into effect October 2017 A recent Google announcement stated that all publicly trusted SSL/TLS certificates issued in October 2017 or later will be expect…
In accordance with the [CA/Browser Forum Baseline Requirements][1], effective April 1, 2015, Certificate Authorities (CAs) will no longer be able to issue SSL Certificates with …
Code signing certificates are used to sign software objects to authenticate that they originated from a verified source, allowing developers to avoid warnings commonly displayed…
The Heartbleed bug spurred server administrators worldwide to work closely with Certification Authorities (CAs) in rekeying and reissuing potentially vulnerable SSL certificates…
On April 7, 2014, a vulnerability in the OpenSSL cryptographic library was announced to the Internet community. Aptly labeled as the Heartbleed bug, this vulnerability affects O…
Last year, Edward Snowden, an American computer specialist working as a contractor for the National Security Agency (“NSA”), shocked web users around the world by publicizing do…
After the CASC’s [previous][1] letter addressing ICANN’s proposal to delegate nearly 2000 new gTLDs for use on the public Internet, ICANN identified and initiated an extensive s…
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Previously, we discussed how code signing certificates play a key role in the trust framework by proving the authenticity of software. As mentioned, code signing certificates ac…
Code signing certificates from publicly trusted Certification Authorities (CAs) fulfill a vital need for authentication of software distributed over the Internet in our intercon…
